January, 2012

• 27 January

  

  Prosecutor Points to Contradictions in Witness’ Testimonies in Embezzlement Case

  There were discrepancies between Yerevan Traffic Police Department battalion commander Yeghishe Yengibaryan's testimony given in court and...
• 27 January

  

  Those Participating in Elections Cannot Call Themselves Opposition: Sefilian

  The Sardarapat civic movement hasn't changed its position — it won't be participating in the upcoming parliamentary elections, said Jirair Sefilian.
• 27 January

  

  Absurd to Speak of Armenian Army’s Combat Readiness: War Veteran

  It's absurd to speak of the combat readiness of today's Armenian army, said commander of the Shushi battalion during the Nagorno-Karabakh War and...
• 27 January

  

  Turkey Must Face Ghosts of the Past: US Ambassador to Turkey on Genocide Bill

  “Turks have greater confidence now to look into the past and to a painful chapter and decide what it means. There is more contact between Turks and...
• 27 January

  

  Reporters Without Borders ‘Disturbed’ by 4 Key Aspects of Law Criminalizing Genocide Denial

  Reporters Without Borders on Thursday published an open letter to French parliamentarians expressing its concern about the proposed law...
• 27 January

  

  Several Homeowners who Lost Their Homes were Called in for Questioning

  Homeowners promised apartments in new buildings on Aram, Yekmalyan, Buzand and Saryan streets in Yerevan continued their protests...
• 27 January

  

  To Penalize Genocide Denial is to ‘Fall into the Mistake of Political Correctness’: Zizek

  Prominent Slovenian philosopher and cultural critic Slavoj Žižek advised Turkey to “apologize for the horrible things happened in 1915” in an...
• 27 January

  

  Armenian President had No Right to Determine Punishment: Human Rights Lawyers (updated)

  A decree by Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan that granted 38 prisoners amnesty by having their death penalty sentence changed to life imprisonment violated...
• 27 January

  

  Armenia’s 3 Former Foreign Ministers to Form Alliance?

  The three former foreign ministers of Armenia — Heritage Party leader Raffi Hovannisian, Free Democrats party representative Alexander Arzumanyan and...
• 27 January

  

  Orinats Yerkir Begins Election Campaigning Early in Gyumri

  Though campaigning for the May 2012 parliamentary elections hasn't officially kicked off yet, Orinats Yerkir (Rule of Law, or OEK) for one week now has...